Tennessee
THE THREE GRAND DIVISIONS
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Let’s Play Game:
Where Have You Been?
Memphis? Knoxville?
Nashville? Pulaski?
Covington? Gallatin?
Murfreesboro? Tiptonville?
Bristol? Bucksnort?
Bell Buckle? Fairview?
Nutbush? Franklin?
Chattanooga? Minor Hill?
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TENNESSEE
The state of Tennessee is located in the SOUTHEAST
region of the United States.
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TENNESSEE
The state of Tennessee is divided into THREE grand
divisions.
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TENNESSEE
The THREE grand divisions include:
West Tennessee
Middle Tennessee
East Tennessee
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West Tennessee
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Main Cities/Towns in West Tennessee
Jackson Ripley
Memphis Huntington
Brownsville Camden
Covington Lexington
Paris Dyersburg
Dyer Selmer
Trenton Henderson
Alamo Union City
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Facts About West Tennessee
West Tennessee is known for its flat land.
West Tennessee’s main crops are corn, cotton, and
soybeans.
West Tennessee has Tennessee’s largest city–
Memphis.
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Middle Tennessee
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Main Cities/Towns in Middle Tennessee
Nashville Clarksville
Murfreesboro Pulaski
Columbia Tullahoma
Franklin Smyrna
Dickson Cookeville
Gallatin Shelbyville
Hendersonville Lawrenceburg
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Facts About Middle Tennessee
Middle Tennessee is known for horses and county
music.
Middle Tennessee is the home of the Tennessee
Titans– in Nashville.
The state capital of Nashville is in Middle Tennessee.
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East Tennessee
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Main Cities/Towns in East Tennessee
Knoxville Oak Ridge
Chattanooga Maryville
Bristol Gatlinburg
Cleveland Athens
Johnson City Morristown
Kingsport Greenville
Dandridge Elizabethton
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Facts About East Tennessee
East Tennessee is the home of the University of
Tennessee Volunteers in Knoxville.
East Tennessee is the home of the Smoky Mountains.
Most of east Tennessee is in the eastern time zone.
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Let’s Play a Game
When I name one of the grand divisions, you be the
first one to raise your hand to name:
a fact about the division
or
a town/city in the division
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To Close our Lesson
Let’s Do An Activity
Draw, label, and color the state of TENNESSEE
identifying each grand division:
Color WEST Tennessee PURPLE
Color MIDDLE Tennessee GREEN
Color EAST Tennessee ORANGE
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Challenge
Your challenge is to label a city/town in each
of the grand divisions.
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References
http://www.see-tennessee.com/counties_main_page.htm
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